Ball Corp Q2 EPS $1.03 vs $1.23; 2006 includes one-time gain

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ball Corp.
BLL, -0.95%
said Thursday its second-quarter profit totaled $105.9 million, or $1.03 per share, compared with $129.8 million, or $1.23 per share, a year earlier. It added that the year-ago quarter results had included a 43-cent-per-share insurance recovery gain from a plant fire in Germany. A Thomson Financial poll of analysts had predicted earnings at $1.01 per share. The Broomfield, Colo.-based packaging giant reported total sales for the quarter at $2.03 billion, up from $1.84 billion the year before. It said its overall outlook for the year remains positive, but that it doesn't expect second-half performance to exceed that of the first half of the year. It also said its planned North American pension payment should be less than expected -- about $45 million compared with $70 million previously thought.

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